Analyzing Online Vacation Center (OTCMKTS:ONVC) and QVC Group (NASDAQ:QVCGA)

QVC Group (NASDAQ:QVCGA) and Online Vacation Center (OTCMKTS:ONVC) are both small-cap retail/wholesale companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their dividends, earnings, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, valuation, risk and profitability.

Earnings and Valuation

This table compares QVC Group and Online Vacation Center”s revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
QVC Group	$10.04 billion	0.01	-$1.29 billion	($460.35)	-0.03
Online Vacation Center	$20.10 million	0.71	$750,000.00	$0.08	24.63

Online Vacation Center has lower revenue, but higher earnings than QVC Group. QVC Group is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Online Vacation Center, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Insider & Institutional Ownership

64.1% of QVC Group shares are held by institutional investors. 12.4% of QVC Group shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 71.3% of Online Vacation Center shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Profitability

This table compares QVC Group and Online Vacation Center’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
QVC Group	-38.83%	N/A	-15.22%
Online Vacation Center	3.00%	N/A	N/A

Volatility and Risk

QVC Group has a beta of 2.64, suggesting that its share price is 164% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Online Vacation Center has a beta of 1.92, suggesting that its share price is 92% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Analyst Ratings

This is a breakdown of recent ratings and target prices for QVC Group and Online Vacation Center, as reported by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
QVC Group	1	0	0	0	1.00
Online Vacation Center	0	0	0	0	0.00

Summary

Online Vacation Center beats QVC Group on 7 of the 11 factors compared between the two stocks.

About QVC Group

QVC Group, Inc. engages in the business of video and online commerce industries. It operates through the following segments: QxH, QVC International and CBI. The QxH segment markets and sells a wide variety of consumer products in the U.S., primarily by means of its televised shopping programs and via the Internet through their websites and mobile applications. The QVC International segment markets and sells a wide variety of consumer products in several foreign countries, primarily by means of its televised shopping programs and via the Internet through its international websites and mobile applications. The CBI segment consists of a portfolio of aspirational home and apparel brands in the U.S. that sell merchandise through brick-and-mortar retail locations as well as via the Internet through their websites. The company was founded on March 28, 1991 and is headquartered in Englewood, CO.

About Online Vacation Center

Online Vacation Center Holdings Corp., through its subsidiaries, provides vacation travel and marketing services in the United States. The company offers vacation services for affluent retiree markets. It also involved in developing and selling river, ocean, and land vacation packages; publishes three travel newsletters under the Top Travel Deals, Spotlight, and TravelFlash brands; selling online of golf training aids; and operates a cruises franchise that focused on travel sales through mobile agents, as well as a website that connects travelers to purchase hotel, resort, and vacation packages. The company was founded in 1972 and is based in Fort Lauderdale, Florida.